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Absoultely Free Natural Beauty Tips 2008-04-23 13:52:23 If you were at all interested in the debate on whether to stress over the chemicals in CoverGirl, I assume you’ll also be interested in this:
Natural
MomsTalkRadio is giving out (for free!) an ebook with tips and recipes for achieving a more natural beauty. I just downloaded mine and glanced through it. I’m already impressed [...] Read more:Beauty
Choose Your Own Giveaway! 2008-04-22 14:37:52 Tis the season to give stuff away in a shameless attempt to get more bloggy traffic.
I’ve got a bit of a late start this season, with the What I Believe topic taking up most my recent free computer/blogging time. But hey, I can still jump on the bandwagon and get a jazillion comments and [...]
I’ve Been Convicted 2008-04-25 22:25:50 So Abraham Piper was telling me how to improve my blog and this one especially caught my eye:
8. Syndicate your whole feed.
If your entire post isn’t in your audience’s feedreaders, many of them will read the first few lines and be done, because they won’t click through.
The whole point of a feedreader is to [...] Read more:Convicted
Using Leftovers: Roast Chicken - Family Sized Baked Burrito 2008-04-25 08:50:57 First of all, my apologies for completely spacing yesterday. Giveaways and What I Believe have wiped my brain clean of any intelligent bloggy thought. Hopefully you’ll forgive me.
Second of all, after Thanksgiving this year, I posted three cooked turkey recipes I used to get rid of the mass quantities of [...] Read more:Roast
, Chicken
, Family
, Baked
And The Baking Mix Winner Is… 2008-04-26 18:27:13 Laura (@gmail.com) who commented:
Chocolate chip half whole wheat sounds great!
I’ll be emailing you for your address, Laura! And thanks to all who entered! Read more:Baking
So, Quick Question… 2008-04-29 07:00:34 Can I plant this? It appears to have already attempted to plant itself in my basket o’ onions.
(How does one prevent this? I have quite the fertile basket o’ onions.)
Is there a planting schedule I need to follow? Is it too soon? Too late? When do I harvest my onion [...] Read more:Quick
, Question
Meet-and-Greet Monday 2008-04-28 22:12:01 A bit late today, I know. It was a Monday
to beat all Mondays. To beat them with sticks. Sticks to the shins. That kind of Monday.
We had a fun week last week. It was beautiful weather and there was much chalk. Much, much chalk. Olivia and I [...]
Potty-Training: If At First You Don’t Succeed…*Edited* 2008-04-30 12:54:34 … And You Continue To Not Succeed…
Take a break.
We are officially back in diapers.
The cues I am waiting for before we start up again:
Tells me when she’s gone potty (in her diaper).
Tells me when she needs to go potty.
Tells me she wants to go potty.
In my conclusive study of potty-training, it seems these three aspects [...] Read more:Training
, First
, Edited
It Works For Me, But I’m Open To Suggestions 2008-04-29 22:45:18 My spices live in a tall, skinny, skyscraper of a cupboard. It’s narrow, so fancy schmancy pull-down spice organizers will not work for me. It is deep, so if say, the cumin is all the way in the back, I have to remove the black pepper, red pepper, oregano, lemon pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, basil, [...] Read more:Works
Sewing Machine Opinions Needed 2008-05-01 16:18:01 I recently cleaned out our closet and found this:
The t-shirts, they were taking over. But after going through them all, we only found three (count ‘em: THREE) with which we could bear to part.
So I want to make this:
But first, I need one of these:
And I have no clue where to start. Singer [...] Read more:Sewing
, Machine
, Opinions
Recipe Swap: Using Leftovers - Making Chicken Broth 2008-05-01 15:19:47 I have a confession. I tend to buy carrots and celery for one particular meal and then let them go bad in the fridge waiting for that meal to make its way back on the rotation. Because that meal only called for two stalks of celery or three medium carrots. And the bags [...] Read more:Chicken
Dear CVS 2008-05-02 11:36:14 I hope this letter finds you in good health. Wow, what a formal sentence. I guess that is indicative of how our relationship has changed.
When we first began our courtship, you wooed me and I fell hard. You gave me everything I wanted and more. You were always available to me. [...]
Milestone: First Prayers 2008-05-03 20:13:07 Two days ago, at dinner, Benjamin folded his hands for the first time during prayer.
::sniff::
Two days prior to that, Olivia uttered her first prayer before serving us a good heapin’ helpin’ of plastic fruit and vegetables.
Her prayer went something like this: “..uuuhhh.. Jesus… uhhh… Amen!”
::sniff::
Please, God, let me
Train [them] in the way [they] should [...] Read more:First
The Great Crib Transition: What We’ve Done Thus Far 2008-05-05 00:07:55 I’ve recently pounded out my co-sleeping, cry-it-out beliefs to you. For you. With you? I said I fully believe in the benefits of co-sleeping with a newborn. However, when my babies reach approximately 12 months in age, I start desiring a bit more room in the bed. And a bit [...] Read more:Great
Meet-and-Greet Monday 2008-05-05 22:39:53 Sure, I published this yesterday!
I would never post a Meet-and-Greet Monday
on a Tuesday.
That’s just wrong.
Okay, so maybe I changed the date to make it look like I published this yesterday.
You caught me.
Well, here are a couple movies of what’s gone on here the past week.
And I just realized neither child o’mine is wearing pants [...]
Recipe Swap: Bread Machine Recipes 2008-05-07 23:33:31 Oooh, I have so many good bread recipes. But there is one that rises to the top as the dominant alpha male and continues to assert his authority by snarling viciously at the lesser breads.
Viciously.
Introducing…
The Awesome Bread
(a.k.a. Half-Whole Wheat Honey Oatmeal Bread with Butter Crust)
(See the splatter spots on the napkin? It’s from [...] Read more:Machine
, Recipes
A Higher Calling 2008-05-07 18:04:24 I just read a great post by a friend of mine. She’s a stay-at-home-mommy missionary (SAHMM?) in the Dominican Republic struggling with the guilt of not doing enough to please God.
If you’ve ever looked sideways at your neighbor and felt lesser in comparison, or felt that staying at home with your children caused you [...] Read more:Higher
, Calling
11:00-6:30 2008-05-07 13:22:15 I am invoking all kinds of bad things upon me by bragging about this, but…
Benjamin slept seven! whole! hours! last night.
We might be doing something right…
Because I Listen 2008-05-07 09:03:23 My spice organizationage has vastly improved. See? A label on every cap.
Whoops, missed one. (Can you find it?) Be right back…
And…
I know what to do with fertile onions.
I think I need more dirt. And I definitely need more advice on how to collect my onion seeds when they appear so that I may grow them [...] Read more:Listen
¿Dónde Está la Basura? 2008-05-08 13:04:45 Many, many moons ago, I took classes in high school to teach me the Spanish language. Several moons later, I went on a mission trip to Mexico and realized I remembered NOTHING from high school.
While cleaning up from an activity, I needed to find the trash can. After many puzzling looks from the [...]
They’re Conspiring Against Me 2008-05-08 09:20:01 Olivia: Watch Veggie Tales now?
Me: No, let’s watch it later, when Michael (the boy I watch) is grumpy.
Michael: [Starts screaming]
Olivia: Michael grumpy now!
Free Potty Training Help? Sign Me Up! 2008-05-09 18:01:59 We’ve ridden quite the potty-training ride this year.
(Are you potty-training? Need encouragement? Find it here.)
We are recently giving up taking a break from all the efforts over here because, really, I’m not sure what else I can do to get her ready besides sit here and wait for her to declare, “I FEEL THE URGE [...] Read more:Training
Just A Little Bit Pregnant. And I Mean Just Barely. 2008-05-13 22:59:00 The Mother’s Day gift I had to keep secret until I could make that allusive positive line more visible:
Two days later:
There, see? I TOLD you. Or, rather, I wish I could have… Read more:Barely
Meet-and-Greet Monday 2008-05-12 22:54:22 What? Mother’s Day is over? I have to get off the couch? I HAVE TO GET OUT OF BED? Fine.
So I’m late. You just be glad I’m not pulling a Meet-and-Greet Tuesday.
(By the way, when I pull stunts like this, you can totally post your pics on a Tuesday. Odds are I won’t be posting [...] Read more:Monday
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